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Honestly the cleanest guide I've seen for Last Epoch. Knew most of the information but will definitely share this with my friends interested in the game.

A couple of precisions I feel need to be made : - Damage over time doesn't work like in most game. There are two type : Skills that do damage over time directly (for example : Disintegrate or Maelstrom), and Ailments. Damage over time skills scale with attack type (generally Spell damage) and don't trigger "hit" effects. They also can't crit (as a general rule, effects that don't "hit" can't crit). Apart from that, they mostly work like regular skills. Ailments are effects that are applied on "hits", and act as a debuff with generally a damage component (but not always) for example : Ignite. Ailments are special in the sense that they don't scale with flat damage or attack type like Spell damage. They have a fixed base value, and only scale with Damage type (like Fire damage will scale Ignite damages) and Damage over Time. They are debuffs with a fixed timer that can stack (some can have unlimited stacks, other can't) In other words, if you want to build around ailments, you don't care about flat damage, crit, and so on. What you want is a lot of attack speed (to generate a lot of hits as fast as possible) and appropriate Damage type (like Fire Damage) and Damage over Time. You don't care if the skill itself doesn't do a lot of damages, what you want is a skill that hit very fast (like for example Flurry). - Damage multipliers : they are the main way to boost your dps, you want as many as you can. However how do you know what is multiplicative, and what is additive ? It's simple : anything that is labelled "Increased damage" is additive. It means that if you have 100% increased fire damage, and 100% increased spell damage, then your Fireball spell will hit for 300% of its base damage. Anything labelled with "More damage" is multiplicative. If you have 100% increased fire damage, and 100% more damage to Fireball, then your Fireball spell will hit for 400% of its base damages. So be on the lookout for these "more" multipliers (generally in the skill tree), they are the best way to scale up your damages. Of courses, things like crit chance or attack speed also act like multipliers. So what's the difference between Fire damage and Elemental damage, if they work mecanically the same ? Well it matters when it comes to affixes that can appear on items. For the same level of affixes, you'll get a higher value in Fire damage than you would get from Elemental damage. As a rule of thumb, specialized affixes can get higher values than general affixes. that's why it's better to focalize on one specific damage type (like Fire damage) instead of more general one (like Elemental damage). - Resistance are not as important as it may seem. Don't get me wrong, they ARE important. However, they're are not as fundamentaly important as they are in other games like PoE for example. There is one thing important to know : monsters get a systematic 1% resistance penetration for each of their level (capped at 75% penetration at level 75). And it changes things quite a lot at high level. In a game like PoE, a character with 0 resistance will take 400% damages from the same hit, compared to a character with 75% resistance. It's a huge deal. However in LE, as monsters at lvl 75+ all have 75% penetration, a character with originally 75% resistance will get hit exactly like he had 0% resistance, while a character with 0% resistance will get hit like he had -75%. It means that, compared to character with 75% res, a character with 0% res will "only" take 175% damages from the same hit. Not something you can ignore, but the difference is far less drastic than in other games. In short, yes resistances are important, but not enough to prioritize them completely other the rest. It's at least as important to get as much life you can get, get to 60% endurance and 100% crit avoidance. Each class generally also get access to other type of powerfull defense. You can be perfectly fine at high level with 50% all res, as long as you have enough of the rest.

phenomenal video brother. I've played LE off and on over the past 2 years and getting really hyped for 1.0 and this video is just what I needed! No fluff, straight to the point and informative, but also entertaining to watch with my coffee. Seriously, great work! Viewers can hear/see how much you care and that my friend will take you a long way. You got my sub and future support!

Easily one of the best gaming guides I've seen in a very long time, keep up the good work.

Very well done! I really appreciate your clear, measured delivery and that you don’t rush through your VO talking a mile a minute. And very well organized video, too. I don’t have this game (yet) but you just got another sub from me.

Fantastic guide. I hope new players will get encouraged to play with their builds and have fun instead of sticking to "build guides" right from the get-go, missing the best this game has to offer in the process. Sub

Thanks for the guide, def one of the best I've seen! I also did not expect you to use the cookie the way you did in that analogy but hey it got the point across haha

What a helpful guide! I already was enjoying the game and now I’m really excited to progress further. Thank you so much!

Ive watched at least a half dozen "new player guides" and I got more info out of this one than the rest combined. Its not necessarily the amount of info so much as how easily digestible it was. Now that I actually understand some of what's going on here, you convinced me to buy the game.

This guide is awesome! Thanks to you I see that I invested in to many damage types on my skills.

Great video, relaxed voice and summary of the essentials. Will share. Truly an ultimate guide to get started.

Love all the information you shared mate! thank you so much! Looking forward to play LE this weekend so I'm scouring for info. Thanks for sharing!

Love it. Super excited to see what you make next.

Best video online for LE, period. Thank you!

first thing to say is this guide is phenomenal. Great admiration. Second thing is hard to believe they made such good balance.

That is some phenomenal video. It goes straight to the point and explains everything perfectly. Keep up the good work

This is by far the best beginner LE guide I’ve seen. Keep it up mate! I would love to see how you set up your filters or you stash. Thank you! 🙏

Simply put, we want more!! :) Seriously, great condense guide!

Thanks for the video. You just melted my brain. Just jumped back into the game for the first time since 2021 and there's such a change. (obviously 😀 ) Looking forward to 1.0 Cheers!

This channel is so underrated. A great comprehensive guide!

You just got an instant new Sub good sir. Amazing presentation, logical flow, easy to follow and comprehend. Will keep an eye out on more videos. Thanks a lot! 🎉

You earned a sub. I'm about 50 hours into this game, and you helped me understand so much, thank you.

Nicely done. You should have a nice spot in the regular review rotation for Last Epoch on YT. Might be hard to penetrate all the hype, but your content is excellent and efficiently useful. Thanks and good luck with 1.0!

Very impressed with this video. I learned a few things and I have over 600 hrs in the game. You earned my sub. Keep up the great work!

great video man, it helped me understand some things I had questions about. I am looking forward to the 1.0 release

Thank you for the video, can’t wait to start the game!

Wow this was a complete eye opener for me. Just picked up the game, and was feeling pretty overwhelmed. I tried looking at recommended builds and felt even more confused. The way you've explained everything in this video has me super inspired to just play the game my own way and try to make something awesome.

I have always loved the idea of playing ARPGs, but I get easily overwhelmed by the affixes on gear and the massive talent trees (in Last Epoch, "Passives" and "Skill Specializations"). I ultimately start looking up build guides, and maybe find a few that interest me. Then I get frustrated because I'm just choosing a build because it has the highest damage potential, and it takes away the "discovery" feeling I get from learning and understanding build synergy for each Class/Mastery. Here, I find a video explaining exactly what I want: the ability to make my own decisions with some solid information on how to do that. I already had a good idea of how I should do this, but the author of this video does a great job of hammering down the essentials of how to create a build and what facets of damage and survival are the most important. At a length of 19:13, it still feels concise, and the author paces his voice well to where I don't need to rewind frequently to recall what was said. Subscribed and I very much look forward to future content, Manarith!

Great Vid Manarith. Simple but in depth, informative and not too long, keep up the good work!👍

Really helpful video, thank you!

Very crisp and well defined guide. Thank you.

Thx for this- what a nice kind and positiv, yet very informative, guide. Perfect amount of detail. 👍

The best video explaining all !! :D COOL

Great guide Concepts were clear, with a nice focus on not making newbies feel dumb.

(The cookie) damn good Analogy for an Editable. You got my vote.

I've been playing this game for a year now and all I can say, great info for any new player :)

rlly nice format quide I liked.

thanks for the vid dude! Looking forward to this game when it comes!

Quality content! Keep hustlin’ brother 👏🏼

Amazing, clear, and succinct video. Thanks a ton!

Subbed 👍 good vid well explained can’t wait to start the game, keep eyes out for your future content

Great video man! Absolutely astonishing job! Managed to understand everything I need to make my own builds! Can never achieve that in PoE even after 5k hours lol So excited for Launch =)

This was awesome… I’ll need to rewatch as I’m an older player but simply awesome starter video 😊

Just got this game and got about 10 hours in so far. This guide was great!! Thanks!!

Excellent well paced guide. Thank you!

thank you for the awesome guide! I will start with 1.0 and would love to see more beginner focused guides. So maybe one for crafting, one for gearing, some overall game mechanics and so on!

Great video :) Can't wait to do some hardcore builds!

Fantastic run down. Clean and concise.

Funny thing about the idols is that since D2 introduced talismans, I was preaching they should have had their own separate slots / inventory section available to arrange as you please within certain space limits. That would stop the very unfortunate situation when people fill their inventory with talismans because they are too powerful to skip. Idols and separate slot for these is as if someone finally listened to my prayer lmao. I love this solution so much.

Valuable information for new players and old!

Man this has helped me a lot. Appreciate it. Subbed 👍

Great high quality guide!

Beautiful guide man lots of good information

Amazing video man, keep it up

Great video, very clear and informative. Thanks!

REALLY helpful, Thanks a lot man!

Great guide. Currently grinding through Grim Dawn, but might give this one a go in the future!

Good stuff! Just getting into the game and this helped a ton.

Very easy to understand guide. I think this game is about to blow up. I think you have a very good chance at growing your channel if you just focus on guides and other videos for this game. Your voice is very easy to understand as is the way you speak. Looking forward to more videos!

great video seriously. watched dozens of videos that explain loot filters etc, but not really how to play the game.

Great guide! Liked and subscribed.

Excellent into to the game. Thx for creating it. A beginner's guide focused on crafting would be a good next video as a suggestion.

Great video, very informative. Looking forward to play the game when 1.0 comes out.

Great video 👍 yeah I am starting a new character come 1.0 so this helps me :)

Considering jumping into this game. I’ve played Grim Dawn, PoE and D4. Nice video, earned a sub!

the perfect video does not exis.... wait! What a good video bro! thank you for this

Great vid for an epoch noob like me thankyou can't wait for this to full release already over D4 S3 and its only day 3

Nice video! i started playing a few weeks ago so this is good to see. "the two classes that are harder to play in endgame are the shaman and the spellblade" *looks over at my shaman and spellblade because they sounded good* "....oh" this should help me focus those builds though because right now my shaman is all over the place. Granted, I am also still level 33

Good video. Thanks dude!

Good video. Thanks for making this

Great guide!!

liked and subbed, great calm explanation of the game's fundamentals

Nice guide! Went into the game blind to get a raw experience but wanted to see where I can improve for launch Link that build :) !

Great vid mate 🤜

Great vid!

Hey, nice video. Very informative, something that I really needed to understand the game. I have 2 suggestions about feature videos: 1. A Video about explaining what type affixes are better to get on different items. For Example: Its Better get Defensive stats (like resistances) on Helmet, Body Armor and Offensive on Weapons, Rings. 2. A video about Crafting, since that will be the most crucial part of the progression. Maybe few examples with Items that are worth crafting on.

Just finish the campaign, didn't know the loot filter was in the menu thx for the tip

Omg you can make a Hammerdin?! I'm sold.

What makes this guide so effective is the little details that are easily overlooked, like " be sure to do side quests to unlock all idol slots". Those details could literally unstuck somebody, ..like me lol.

Bro, perfect guide, im thinking of buying this game after this video

This was a very clean and straight to the point guide, thank you very much for spending time on this in order to help us!

Here we go!

Super helpful for someone like me who just jumped in a a day ago.

This game has so cool Diablo 2 vibe, I saw this Hammerdin and shed a tear. Must play, but will wait for 1.0.

@Manarith Can't like this enough, thanks for a very good guide.

Cheers for the guide, about to jump into the gam for the 1st time. I'm guessing you meant at 15:40 - "gives you the maximum amount of stability for that MONO*"

Great video thanks

Level 92 Minion Build, and stuck at Reign of Dragons. The Emperor loves one shot, one kill. Wicked video, though!

Very clear general guide 👌 I played the early access for about 300 hours, I will delete all my lvl 100 and start fresh and blind, no guides. I cannot wait for 1.0 🤗

I made my own and it works suuuper good

This is honestly overwhelming to a new player to ARPGs as a whole, but I am determined to be better at them.

great video

Man I love this game

i never knew about the hexagon nodes and i have almost 300 hours is this game! great guide will be sending this too all my noobie friends at 1.0

This makes me want to go back to LE but I must endure and wait for the 1.0 release

Bought this game long time ago. I love smite skills in games like this, so I think I got my first char when the official release is. One month left.

Great video, very informative. I went in completely blind yesterday, and have been having a lot of fun so far. Coming from PoE, I find the early game to be a bit too easy. But I really like that I don't need to look at a build to even get through the campaign (so far at least). One of my biggest complaints with PoE is that it is so difficult to just create a build as you play. Last Epoch seems to not have the same problem, which is great! But a slightly harder campaign would be appreciated as well personally. But maybe that comes a little later into the campaign. I have no idea how long it is

One of my FAVORITE things about LE has always been that you can Build around your Favorite Skill and the build be Viable for the whole MSQ and at least the first bunch of hours of End Game. SOOO many current aRPGs end up having 2 or 3 'great' builds and the rest are just 'meh'. As long as you have an understanding of how to 'learn into' the Skills correctly, you can make that shizz WORK!

Nice vid. Thank you. By the way, that build looks fun. Will you make a vid with it ?